Bush says no intention to go to war against DPRK, Iran

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Bush says no intention to go to war against DPRK, Iran

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US President George W. Bush has insisted that he had no intention of rushing into war against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran, the British Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday.

In an interview with the paper before he leaves for a state visit to Britain next week, Bush said war was "the last choice" the American President should take and declared that military action was not the only way to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

Playing down the fears of many in Europe that war on Iraq was atemplate for future preemptive conflicts against states suspected of building banned weapons, Bush said "not every situation needs to be resolved through military action."

"The case in Iraq is unique," said Bush, who told the paper that a multilateral approach appeared to be working with the DPRK. He praised a recent European initiative on Iran.

However, Bush stressed that America would not back down in pursuing its war on terrorism, insisting that he would do all he deemed necessary to ensure an atrocity such as Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States never happen again.

"It's a different kind of war. And I intend to, so long as I amthe president, wage that war vigorously to protect the American people," Bush was quoted as saying.

Bush's interview came just days before his visit to Britain from Nov. 18 to Nov. 21, during which thousands of anti-war demonstrators were expected to attend a mass protest against the American president who launched the war against Iraq on March 20.

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